Recent content by Tosun Saral

Osman Zeki Bey, (on the right of officer) Dirigent of the Royal Ottoman Orchestra, composer of the Marche of Independance, the National Hymne of Turkish republic.

1st picture: The so called Ottoman Turkish Boy Soldiers. They are not Turkish. They are arabic subjects of Ottoman Turkish Empire probably from Bagdad Military School.

Cadet B /a cavalry cadet/ is Major General Tahsin Yazici the commander of legendary Turkish 1st Korea Brigade during 1950-52 His army serial number is: Cavalry. 1328 (1912)-b-3 (Not: in 1912 the War school graduated a,b and c classes because of the Balkan War) He was 3rd of b class. After tank...

The tandart of 25th Artillery Regiment in Sept. 9th 1922. The bearer is the commander of the regiment. Its guards are Fieldmarshall Mustafa Kemal pasha and Lt. Gen. Sakallı Nurettin Pasha. Please Not that The Regiments of the Turkish National Parliament had the same standards as Ottoman Army...

The pic must have taken in middle 1930's. The Master sergeant (Başçavuş) Ahmet Efendi veteran of many wars, shot this pix for the anniversary of a national day. He wears the kalpak of National Forces during 1919-22 period. He has his başçavuş apolette from the ottoman period (1912-19) and the...

NCO Asst.Master Sargeant (later 1st Lt.) Hafız Macid Efendi during WW1. He was KIA in 1920 during Tuırkish War of Liberation.

Captain Dr. Feridun Kandemir M.D. who served at the holy city of Medina, Hijaz during WW1 wrote in his book "Fahrettin Paşa'nın Medine Müdafaası, Peygamberimizin Gölgesinde Son Türkler" (Fahrettin Pasha's Defence of Medina, The Last Turks under The Shadow of our Prophet) 12th edition, 2010...

Nutty was destroyed by Austria-Hungarian Artillary. First pic: left to right: Hergott Pasha CoS of Cemal Pasha, Kress pasha (middle) and Ahmet Cemal Pasha commander of 4th Army at Palestine. 2nd Pic: Enver pasha entring i,nside the tank Reserve Lt. Falih Rifki (Atay)(writer, novalist...

visiting card of the Szeckenyi Pasha

Odön Edmund Szeckenyi Paşa According to an invitation of Sultan Abdülaziz In 1872 Hungarian Count/Graf Odön/Edmund Szeckenyi who received in London fire education come to Istanbul and was made President of Ottoman Imperial Fire Department. Count Szeckenyi was President of Hungarian Fire...

This is the special banner given to 79th Infantry Regiment that defended Gazza source: Birinci Dünya Harbinde Türk Harbi IV ncü Cilt 1 nci Kısım Sina-Filistin Cephesi Harbin Başlangıcından İkinci Gazze Muharebesi Sonuna kadar, Ankara 1979, resim.22 (Turkish War During WW1 v.4th,1st part...